Zusammenfassung der Ressource
3h Communication
applications
- Fax (facsimile)
- A printer and scanner with a pad to
dial telephone numbers
- Documents scanned by one machine and data sent by
telephone for document to be printed by another machine
- Used for legal documents or hand drawn designs to be sent
- O - Can be sent straight away and block unknown callers
- X- Sent document will be a lower quality than the origninal
- X - Privacy issues if document is sent to a shared machine
- x - Faxed document may or may not be legally binding
- Can send to multiple recipients using auto-dial
and block unknown calls
- Can produce receipt of faxes sent
- Email
- Popular method of communication
- Documents can be sent to one of more
recipients instantaneously
- Log ins maintain confidentiality
- O- No cost and quality is not lost
- Functions include, storing address book, sending attachments, forwarding and
replying to emails and filtering junk, adding electronic signature and more
- Discussion boards
- Enables people to discuss with others
interested in the same topic
- Post<Thread<Forum<Discussion board
- Discussion board: The whole discussion website
- Forum: Subject of discussions
- Thread: Topics of discussion
- Post
- Functions: Post new messages, create threads,
search, subscribe to thread or forum
- Video
/teleconferencing
- Enables communication between groups of
people to take place by audio or video
- Used for meeting or lessons
- Participation form multiple locations,
shared applications to share ideas, can
see all participants
- Can dial to enter teleconference
- Instant messaging
- Used for social communication to send short messages
- Can have groups chats and see what others have written
- files and emoticons can be sent
- Can block users
- Can change status when busy.